Gallery Bar to open in late August!

Nearly four years after opening, Vino Restaurant in Mountain Brook's English Village is partnering with the adjoining Gallery 1930 art gallery to add a cocktail and oyster bar.

The new space, called the Gallery Bar, will operate as an art gallery during the day and then transition into a bar in the late afternoon, Vino owner Al Rabiee said.

"It's something that I hope people realize that we don't have anything like it," Rabiee told AL.com. "It's really like a bar inside the gallery, with a very relaxing atmosphere and basically catering to the same people that we cater to here (at Vino)."

The project has been under construction since April, and Rabiee expects to be open for business by the end of August.